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σιγύνης

σιγύνης, a spear

σῐγύνης [ῡ], ου, ὁ,
  • spear, Hdt. 5.9, Opp. C. 1.152; also σίγῡνος, ὁ, A.R. 2.99, AP 6.176 codd. (Maced.); σίγῡνον, τό, Arist. Po. 1457b6, AP 7.578 (Agath.); and in Lyc. 556, σίγυμνον (in dat. -ῳ).—Cyprian acc. to Hdt. and Arist. ll. cc., Scythian acc. to Sch.Par. A.R. 4.320 (cf. III).
    • II σιγύνης among the Ligyes near Marseilles was used for κάπηλος, Hdt. l.c.
    • III Σιγύνναι, οἱ, a people on the Middle Danube, Hdt. l.c.; in A.R. 4.320, Σίγυννοι; in Str. 11.11.8, Σίγιννοι. [In A.R. and Opp., ῡ; freq. written with double ν, σιγύννης, etc.]

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